Any way to move along NPC quests?

I read the wiki on the new NPCs for EE. I want to finish their quests, but I don't want to keep them in my party more than I have to (this is a solo run aside from NPC quests). Is there any way I can move things along with their quests so I don't have to drag them through the game? Thanks.

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Neera needs to be in the party for a couple ingame days. You can travel from Beregost to FAI a few times to get her to trigger her quest. Once she unlocks a new map area for you, you can safely dump her. SHe will actually appear out of thin air to voice her lines if she isn't in the party for her quest.

With Rasaad, you need to keep him long enough to trigger 3 banters. Its also time based and can be triggered the same way as Neera. Once those three talks have happened, you can drop him until you reach Baldur's Gate. The next step of his quest won't trigger until the Docks area at night.

Once you go with Dorn to find Kryll, you can also drop him until Baldur's Gate. His quest will finish on the other side of the bridge leading into the city.

If you are otherwise going solo, I suggest doing your NPC quests just before finishing Chapter 5. This puts you at a decent level while also giving you access to most locations. The NPC quests have barriers based on the NPC level, so being higher level they will either have more experience to join you or at least you can carry them for some hunting if you need to level them up for the quests.

No, they are on timers only AFAIK. I am a not a patient man, so I usually save, enter Eekeeper, edit the timer in the global variances, save, exit and load the new save. The next step in their banter pops up immediately. Then do it again for ie Rasaad who requires several talks. Didn't know about Neera and level 4, but maybe I've just always been level 4 before I did this.

Ok, got both Dorn and Rasad's to trigger, but both are quite area dependent and easy to miss. Finished Dorn's quest , which was quite obvious once started.

Rasaad's is a bit vague. I killed the three monks and found the letter, but then what? I just googled it and I read that I have to look for a guy in the Blade and Stars, but odd that the game didn't give me any hint whatsoever.